kclark wrote: >makewhatis is a shell script that does all sorts of hokey stuff >with shell redirection, like opening its own fds for stderr
Yeah - what HE said. FYI, depending on your purposes, it's possible that executing makewhatis via the "script" program could help you capture the info you need, though that approach has its own problems... _______________________________________________ gnhlug-discuss mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss